On 5/1/07 11:03 AM, "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk> wrote:
> Henk-Jan de Boer wrote:
>
>> Philip Taylor (Webmaster) schreef op 1-5-2007 15:23:
>>> In the view of many (most ?), HTML is /abused/ in e-mail. E-mail
>>> is about the communication of information, and can invariably
>>> best be accomplished using text/plain.
>> I think that the World Wide Web as a collection of websites is about the
>> communication of information too, but on a more massive scale.
>>
>> Furthermore it would be unrealistic to hope that one day all use of
>> HTML, or abuse as you say, will be abandonned. [long snip]
>
> If people want to continue to abuse HTML by embedding it in
> e-mail, they are free so to do; all I am suggesting is that
> HTML5+ does not need to be /designed/ for such abuses, since
> those wishing to abuse HTML in that way can continue to use
> HTML 4.01- (or, more likely, tag-soup) with no problems at all.
>
> Philip Taylor
I don't know any web developers _personally_ who have not had to do html
email templates/newsletters for at least 5 clients ( and in the last 5
months).
I don't, and I'm sure they don't consider html email as an 'abuse'.
Why do you say it's an abuse?
Would you rather we sent rich text email?
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